Not heard anything from Cecily regarding those dates in early september so I suggest that we think about programming something else for those two weeks and perhaps the following two weeks... any suggestions for wild, weird and wacky wonderfulness? Or maybe just some art?

there are lots of submissions still to be looked at in the e mail, we could go through them next meeting and see if wackiness or art within for september then.
also it's heather's closing party on friday if anyone can make it, i'm not around.

well, Cecily sent in this quote from Philip Guston with/as her proposal, I see no reason why we can't use it as a 'teaser'....

"There is something ridiculous and miserly in the myth we inherit from abstract art. That painting is autonomous, pure and for itself, therefore we habitually analyze its ingredients and define its limits. But painting is 'impure'. It is the adjustment of 'impurities' which forces its continuity. We are image-makers and image-ridden. There are no wiggly or straight lines..." -Philip Guston

looks goodhopefully meeting up with mirja next week to talk about her showmartin, sorry i am a bit confused about what show you want to book in, are you talking about london lot or the xmas slot???ceilinglooks great, plates look great..nice work team

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I saw two shooting stars last night, i wished on them, but they were only satellites.is it wrong to wish on space hardware?(Billy Bragg)

so met with mirja today, sounds exciting. she wants to give free tea to people in order for them to help out with transforming her exhibition..have discussed this with alex and she will get tea from cafe in pots and then pay using her budget! it won;t be much only for couple of hours of her closing partydate of closing party changed to the 11th of october....could you change this on web please stephen. she will take work down on sunday morning in preparation foe the gallery action day. her work will include painting on walls....i'm assuming that we are painting walls too and this ok?so yesthat's all folksoh and emi has got someone else to help out on friday in case i need to work. we thought we could have people put suggestions in for the next logos, whatever form that may take....nice bb logos btw. we're meeting friday morning to prepare some photocopies of stuff to take and litter table with.....

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I saw two shooting stars last night, i wished on them, but they were only satellites.is it wrong to wish on space hardware?(Billy Bragg)

the days for gallery refurb are the sunday and the monday right (12/13). mirja is taking down her show on the sunday morning and will get walls back to white for us. i am at work on sunday but can come along to help after 5, the same for monday. depending how it is going i can put the adam and eve stuff up either monday evening or tuesday evening. could some one give me a hand? the projector is booked, just need to find some ceiling hanging things. also have another favour to ask, i am not here to take down the show on the sunday 19th. just a matter of putting projector away and taking the hangers from ceiling and putting them somewhere safe, prob best to take home. any volunteers?cheerssee you at mirja's closing party on saturday.....

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I saw two shooting stars last night, i wished on them, but they were only satellites.is it wrong to wish on space hardware?(Billy Bragg)

not sure if i can be there mon/tues evening- what needs to be done- is the projector going to be positioned on the shelf? Also- adequate weird connectors are needed to connect the projector to the device that is being projected- is it a dvd player being used? any idea what kind of hook sare needed for the roof?

Simone- is the show still aclled c'eci n'est pas Adam et Eve? or does it have adifferent name? should i use an alternative image for the website or another one?

yes that is the name of the showah, i thought the projector was a complete outfit of what i needed to show the dvd.so it needs a dvd player as well? i'm going to diy place to find siutable hook for ceiling on saturday

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I saw two shooting stars last night, i wished on them, but they were only satellites.is it wrong to wish on space hardware?(Billy Bragg)

not sure what is happening re floor but i do know that i shall come to cafe after school to see what is happening on monday. sorry i did not pop in today but i phoned cafe from work and there was no one in gallery so decided to go straight home....

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I saw two shooting stars last night, i wished on them, but they were only satellites.is it wrong to wish on space hardware?(Billy Bragg)

here's the new blurb for the call for submissions. any thoughts on this? if this is ok i'll make it into a poster and post it here and on art review...

Total Kunst are currently accepting submissions in any medium, including performance and/or time-based works to consider for their ongoing programme of exhibitions in a centrally located, volunteer run Edinburgh gallery.

We welcome well-thought out submissions from artists at any stage of their career who are based locally, regionally, nationally or internationally. However, you should bear in mind that although we may be able to cover exhibition costs (up to a total of £50), accommodation, invigilation (if required) and transport of work and/or yourself are YOUR responsibility.

We are particularly interested in receiving proposals which either make creative use of these limitations or engage with the specific qualities of the gallery and the Forest Café in which the gallery is housed. For further information please see our submission guidelines:

The deadline is ongoing, though we do meet to consider submissions on the last Thursday of every month. (Please do NOT send submissions to our Art Review page or by personal message as we won't read them!)

cool, here's what i think is the final version... i just made a couple of minor tweaks... so copy and paste from this version please...

Total Kunst are currently accepting submissions in any medium, including performance and/or time-based works to consider for their ongoing programme of exhibitions in a centrally located, volunteer-run Edinburgh gallery.

We welcome well thought-out submissions from artists at any stage of their career who are based locally, regionally, nationally or internationally. However, you should bear in mind that although we may be able to cover some exhibition costs (up to a total of £50) accommodation, invigilation (if required) and transport of work and/or yourself are YOUR responsibility.

We are particularly interested in receiving proposals which either make creative use of these limitations or engage with the specific qualities of the gallery and the Forest Café in which the gallery is housed. For further information please see our submission guidelines:

The deadline is ongoing, though we do meet to consider submissions on the last Thursday of every month. (Please do NOT send submissions to our Art Review page or by personal message as we won't read them!)

it seems that the people friom london , want januray for their show to tie in with some workshop they want to do . am fine wiht this . but it does leave us 2 slots free . what to do ! am all for jp doing a show in this slot if he wants to . i guess at the next meeting we need to look at the what we have and decide ......

reply from gowrie care, they are not going to take the slot for xmas. we'll need to cover this at next meeting. i have got a couple of submissions that were posted to us. is everyone around for meeting?

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I saw two shooting stars last night, i wished on them, but they were only satellites.is it wrong to wish on space hardware?(Billy Bragg)

anyway how we doing fulling these slots . the one thing we dont want is empty gallery . so brian could go for 3 weeks . the next slot could be 3 weeks too . making it bit more atractive . could we ask jp or vacume cleaner to do something or is there anyone else on standby .

I think 3 week slots for now it's a good idea because I dont think noone will be willing to have a show int he gallery in november on such a short notice. louise, the artist I contacted didnt even reply yet. also, jack webb, the performance artist, wants to do his show on a sunday and I think he's alright with us setting a date for his as soon as possible because he wants to promote his event.